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Florida’s Citizens Balks at Issuing HO-8 Policy
Florida's quasi-governmental property insurer is resisting a statutory requirement that it start issuing an HO-8 policy due to a disagreement with regulators over rates and concerns that the policy's reduced price could make it attractive to consumers despite the policy's limited ...
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Florida’s Citizens Regulators Agree to Restrict Eligibility for New HO-8 Policies
Florida's state-backed property insurer and state regulators have cleared the path for the insurer to begin issuing a new HO-8 policy by limiting it to low-value older homes, addressing concerns that the policies’ low rates could lead to a potential influx of policies into the insurer. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. was required by law to start making the HO-8 policy available by ...
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2013 Hurricane Prediction 72 Chance on East Coast 48 for Florida
The Colorado State University team is predicting an above-average 2013 Atlantic basin hurricane season with 18 named storms and a 72 percent chance one will make landfall somewhere along the entire Eastern seaboard. Nine of those 18 named storms are expected to become hurricanes and four of those major hurricanes (Saffir/Simpson category 3-4-5) with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater. The ...
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2013 Miami 48 Hour Project winners
48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) comes to a close. Last night was the screening of Group C's films and the 48HFP Awards Ceremony at the Hollywood Performing Arts Center. It was the final result of all the hard work these amateur filmmakers and returning participants had waited for. A time to see if all of their hard work and sleepless nights had resulted in an awarding winning ...
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Worker Rescued From Upper Deck of Ship at Port Everglades
For the first time since the event began, there will be no fleet at Fleet Week Port Everglades this year. Organizers Mary Anne Gray and Jean-Sebastien Gros of Broward Navy Days Inc. and Nicki Grossman of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau spoke about the ...
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Diamondbacks rally in 9th falls short at Miami
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, left, is robbed of a foul ball by a fan in the stands during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Miami. The Marlins defeated the Diamondbacks 2-1. (AP Photo/Wilfredo ...
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Tornadoes hit Kan. Okla. no injuries reported
A tornado from a large storm system moving cross the south has struck a Georgia town 60 miles north of Atlanta, according to CNN. A least one death has been reported in the state. High winds also are raking Tennessee, where a man died after a tree fell into his home, according to ...
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Marc Caputo IRS does bad job with bad laws
Congress vs. IRS: The do-littles vs. the do-wrongs. With 79 percent of Americans disapproving of its performance, Congress finally found a government group that’s probably more disliked than the politicians: the tax bureaucrats. The U.S. House's tax-agency inquests that began Thursday and run through this week are bad American government on display. At the least, the hearings make ...
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Small Florida town buzzing over news of local lotto winner
Clutching the Powerball tickets that she estimates she won $8 on, Denise Godsey looks over at a gaggle of gathered television news trucks at a Publix in Zephyrhills, ...
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Trailer Home Fire Being Investigated as Arson Davie Police
Tossie Crowder is trying to figure out what started the fire that destroyed the Allapattah home where she lives with her 17-year-old nephew. She and Miami Fire-Rescue spokesman Lt. Ignatius Carroll spoke about the fire, which is being investigated as a possible ...
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Sunrise clinic renamed for Bill Kling veterans advocate
Mike Ryan, left, Mayor of Sunrise; Sylvia Gallen, second from left; U.S. Rep Ted Deutch, third from left; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, fourth from left; and Dr. Gwen Findley, Assistant Director of the Veteran's Adminstration Miami Healthcare System, right, look up as the William "Bill," Kling Outpatient Clinic in Sunrise is ...
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Port Everglades workers struck by cargo container
Port Everglades worker was hospitalized after he was hit by a cargo container Sunday afternoon, Broward Sheriff's officials said. The 52-year-old man was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with injuries that were not life threatening, Mike Jachles, a spokesman for ...
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MLB Tampa Bay 3 Baltimore 1
Tampa Bay Rays beat Baltimore 3-1 to complete a three-game sweep. Moore surrendered five hits, walked only one and struck out three en route to his major-best eighth victory. The left-hander lowered his ERA to 2.29 with the 106-pitch ...
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Forensics utilized in animal abuse crackdown
Adam Leath deals with the ugliness of animal abuse daily, operating out of a closet-sized office as the Gainesville-based southeast regional director of investigations and response for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) since late 2011.But he hopes through his work that more people who abuse or neglect animals will pay for their crimes.';Law enforcement, ...
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Suspects wanted in Port Orange Kohls robbery
A still image taken from surveillance footage of a suspect wanted in a robbery of a Port Orange Kohl's Department Store. (IMAGE/Port Orange Police ...
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Governor Scott plans to veto tuition hike for college students
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to veto a proposed three percent tuition hike for college and university students. The Republican-led Florida Legislature included the hike in a $74.5 billion budget passed earlier this month. Scott will sign the budget into law on Monday, but is expected to veto numerous spending items, including the proposed tuition hike. In a copy of ...
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Lifeguard pulls shark away from Cocoa Beach shore
COCOA BEACH -- A shark sighting in Cocoa Beach was too close for comfort Sunday. Ocean Rescue told News 13 a sharked washed in near the Cocoa Beach Pier and had to be pulled back into deeper waters by a lifeguard. Witnesses said the five-foot-long shark was near where some kids were playing. The lifeguard, Zach Cooney, grabbed the shark by its tail to move it away from a small crowd that ...
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Woman killed in one-car crash on I-95
Boynton Beach Boulevard and struck a pole, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Rose Manie Corvil was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:44 a.m. crash, said ...
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Pompano Beach Boat overturns offshore
POMPANO BEACH— A 19-foot boat overturned about 30 yards offshore Sunday afternoon, authorities said.About five or six people were on board, all are safe, said Mike Jachles, a spokesman for ...
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St. Petersburgs Night of Museums
This weekend, St. Petersburg will see two international events take place that happen only once a year: Restaurant Day, when anyone can don a toque and become a chef, will take place on May 18, right before the Night of Museums, which begins at 6 p.m. that evening and lasts till 6 a.m. the following ...
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MLB Miami 2 Arizona 1
Marcell Ozuna delivered a two-run double Sunday and the Miami Marlins survived a late Arizona rally to edge the Diamondbacks 2-1. Ozuna doubled home Adeiny Hechavarria and Derek Dietrich with two out in the sixth inning, providing Miami's only ...
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Bozzone bounces back to emphatic Florida win
Source: ONE Sport Former world champion Terenzo Bozzone bounced back with a big win at Iron Man 70.3 Florida in Haines City today. After having a car door opened on him while riding his bike two days before the Iron Man 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship in Auckland in January, New Zealand'sBozzone struggled to get back to form. At that race he found himself well off course during the ...
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Search for Man Spotted in Water Off Lower Matecumbe Key
Miami-Dade Police on Monday identified Jeffrey Vincent, 39, as the diver who is being searched for after he went missing off of Key Biscayne Sunday. Miami-Dade Police spokesman Detective Alvaro Zabaleta and Miami Beach Coast Guard Lt. Commander Joe Abeyta discussed the ...
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Coast Guard rescues 13 from sinking boat in Fla.
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued 13 people after their boat sank in the waters off Clearwater.Luckily the family's boat sank close to the Coast Guard station at Sand Key on Saturday morning. Everyone onboard was also wearing a life jacket.Rescuers escorted the boaters safely to shore. The Tampa Bay Times (http://www.ittybittyurl.com/1jPF) reports the 20-foot boat was ...
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Weather updates Storms build over Central Florida
rain already drenched parts of Volusia and Marion counties and more is on the way for parts of Central Florida. Scattered showers and storms are expected as the east coast sea breeze and other outflows push inland. Those storms should push south and southeast at 10 to 15 mph bringing heavy rainfall. The heaviest amounts of rain are forecast near the coast, with additional showers in Volusia, ...
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Horticultural therapy for war veterans.
There are still Vietnam veterans living in poverty or on the street in the United States today, everyday many commit suicide from despair. Since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, suicide rates among veterans have spiked again as sufferers of a range of mental and physical injuries fall through the net. Veteran Farms are one way in which these veterans can be helped.
Adam Burke is a man with a mission, to help war veterans returning to the United States after tours abroad, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, that have struggled to reintegrate with society. This may be due to PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder), physical injuries, such as disability, or a sense of a loss of purpose after the harried action of a war zone. Read more
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